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  • Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10): A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by Nathan Hale book cover
  • Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10): A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by Nathan Hale book cover
  • Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10): A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase by Nathan Hale book cover
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Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10): A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase

by Nathan Hale

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Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase

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Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase

This installment of Nathan Hale’s historical graphic-novel series connects the Haitian Revolution with Napoleon Bonaparte’s plans for the Louisiana Territory. The publisher’s description frames the purchase of Louisiana by the United States through France’s intended use of Haiti as a base for North American trade. That link gives the book a focus spanning revolution, enslavement, French imperial ambitions, and a major territorial sale. Its subject matter offers young readers a way to encounter these connected events in comic-book form.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in history presented as a graphic novel
  • Readers curious about the Haitian Revolution, Napoleon, or the Louisiana Purchase

Themes

Haitian RevolutionEnslavement and resistanceNapoleon and French imperial ambitionsLouisiana Purchase

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Book overview

Discover the story of the Haitian Revolution--the largest uprising of enslaved people in history--in Blades of Freedom, a Hazardous Tale from author-illustrator Nathan Hale in the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series.

Why would Napoleon Bonaparte sell the Louisiana Territory to the recently formed United States of America? It all comes back to the island nation of Haiti, which Napoleon had planned to use as a base for trade with North America.

While Napoleon climbed the ranks of the French army and government, enslaved people were organizing in Haiti under the leadership of Fran

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